Nail-holding attachment for hammers.



P. GARLSON.

NAIL HOLDING ATTACHMENT FOR HAMMERS.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE-18, 1909.

Patented Oct. 26,1909,

I a C'arlsozv with the hammers in ordinary use.

' extended inwardly beyond the shank, as in- To all whom it may concern:

, sierra era- PETER CARLSGN, 0F TOLLEY, NORTH DAKOTA:

NAIL-HOLDING ATTACHMENT FOE HAMME RS.

Speciiflcation of Letters Eatent.

Patented Got, 26, 1999..

Application filed June 18, 1909. Serial No. 502,990.

. Be it known that 1, PETER CARLSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Tolley, in the county of Ward and State of North Dakota have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Nail-Holding Attachments for Hammers,1of which the following is a specification.

This invention comprehends certain new and useful improvements in hammers, and the invention has for its object an improved device of this character that is equipped with a particularly eflicient nail holding attachment, through the instrumentality of. which the initial stroke may be imparted to the nail without the necessity of holding the latter in position by hand, as is required With this and other objects in view'that. will more fully appear as the description proceeds, the invention consists in certain constructions and arrangements of the parts that I shall hereinafter fully describe and then point out the novel features of in the appended claims.

For a full understanding of the invention and the merits thereof and also t) acquire a knowledge of the details of construction, reference is to be hadto the following de scription and accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of a ham mer constructed in accordance with my invention; Fig. 2 is a side elevation partly in section; and, Fig. 3 isa transverse section on the line 33 of Fig. 2.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the drawing by the same reference characters.

Referring to the drawing, the numeral 1 designates a hammer head which isof conventional form, except as hereinafter noted, and which comprises a socket 2 for the reception of the handle, and a shank 3 extended laterally from the handle and ter1ni-. nating in a driving face 4. The socket is dicated at I The nail holding attachment consists essentially of a U-shaped loop which is arranged at the inner side of the shank 3 and is. secured terminally thereto, and in the present instance is integral therewith, the loop being spaced apart from the extended socket portion 5, and having its axis arranged inl the direction of the length of the shank as shown. This loop is designed to have the shank of a nail 7 passed therethrough and. is somewhat less in internal diameter than the diameter of the head of the nail. In order to admit of the head of the nail being passed through the loop, I form a channel or groove 9 in the periphery of the shank 3. The channel passes between the terminals of the loop 6 and extends" longitudinally of the shank and on both sides of the loop, as best seen in Fig. 2. The extended portion 5 of the socketis cut away at a point in alinement with the loop to constitute a concave seat 8-arranged for the reception of the head of the nail, the nail being thus supported substantially parallel to the shank 3 with its pointed extremity projecting beyond the driving face 4:,so as to be embedded in the work upon the initial stroke of the hammer. Attention is particularly directed to the fact that the channel 9 is continued at one end to meet the seatS, so as to serve in aoldition to its above mentioned iunction'to guide the loop easily over the head of the nail when detaching the hammer therefrom after having partially driven the nail into the work.

From the foregoing description in connection with the ccompanying drawing, it will, be apparent tiiat in the use of my improved hammer nails mayv be driven where it would be impossible to hold the nail with one hand while striking thesame with a hammer. Furthermore, the nail may be readily applied tothe hammer preparatory to deliver.

ing the initial blow, and is effectually re tained by the holder against accidental dis placement.

- Among the many advantages residing in this holding attachment, attention is particularly directed to the fact that it is very handy and attractive; that it is quite simple and durable; and that itmay be readily formed. outhe hammer without any mate rial increase'in the cost thereof.

Having thus described the invention what is claimedas new is: y

1. The combination with bowed member undivided intermediate of its en'dsand secured terminally to the periphery a hammer head, of a nail holding attachment. embodying a of the hammer head at'spaced points and adapted to support the shank of a-nail, and a member carried by the hammer head in alinement with the loop and constituting an abutment for the head of the nail, the hainmer head being recessed in its periphery between the terminals of the loop to afiord clearance for the head of the nail" The combination with a hammer head I embodying a shank, of a nail holding attachment comprising a bowed member spaced apart from the periphery of the shank and secured terminally thereto at spaced points and forming a loop for supporting the shank of a nail, and a second member carried by the hammer head-1n alinement with the loop v and constituting an abutment for the head i shank, and a- U-shaped 100 *20 of the socket being formed in alinement with the loop, with a recessed seat for the v reeeption of the head of a nail and the shank being formed in its periphery with a chan nel passing between the terminals of the 4 E J-(sihape'd loop, as and for the purpose speci- 1e 4:. A hammer head comprising a shank,- a

socket extended angnlarly on one side of'the shank, and a U-shaped loop secured terminally at the said side of the shank and spaced apart from the extended socketfor supporting the shank of a nail, the extended portion of the socket heing'formed, in eline ment with the 100 ,with a recessedseat for thereceptionof t e. head of a nailfimdethe shank being formed in its periphery with a.

channel passing between the terminals of the U-shaped loop and extending on both sides thereof and continued at one end to meet the said seat, as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

PETER CARLSON. [n s.] Witnesses:

O. N. LmnnLoNn, W. F. "L. MAKEE. 

